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the phantom @SamRayburnDem

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the phantom@SamRayburnDem
May 19
My newest article on the Texas Slave Panic of 1860. How Texas Fire-Eaters weaponized fake slave revolts to radicalize the state against the Union.
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Gillian Branstetter@GBBranstetter
Jun 12
"Hey where are we on the rape kit backlog" "Not now captain I'm trying to figure out where this woman with a wolf cut should pee"
PinkNews
@PinkNews
Jun 11
Idaho officials tell judge they can use DNA testing to enforce trans bathroom laws thepinknews.com/2026/06/11/i…
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the phantom@SamRayburnDem
Jun 11
My newest article Go Quietly or Else: The Failed Resurrection of Spiro Agnew. How Richard Nixon's first Vice President memoirs attempted to vindicate his reputation forced him into irrelevance.
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Dow
@mark_dow
Jun 11
Update: 2014: Trump says Obama will launch a war in Iran because he's not a good enough negotiator to get a deal with them 2015: Obama, gets a deal with them, with the backing of the EU, China, and Russia 2018: Trump cancels deal bc it was Obama's. Says he can negotiate a better one 2018-2020: Trump can't negotiate one. Arms control experts and Trump officials start to grumble that scrapping Obama's deal was probably a bad idea 2025: Trump still can't negotiate a deal 2025: Israel launches an attack on Iran. Drags Trump in. Trump claims Iran's nuclear capacity was wiped out 2026: Trump launches a war on Iran, citing the need to wipe out Iran‘s nuclear capacity March-Nov 2026: Trump repeats 'new deal any day now' every two weeks Nov 2026: Trump still can't negotiate a deal
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Patrick Heizer
@PatrickHeizer
Jun 11
The problem with three-strike laws is that they were expanded to include things like nonviolent drug crimes and petty theft. Three strikes is perfectly reasonable for "actual" crimes.
Basil🧡
@LinkofSunshine
Jun 11
3 strike laws are probably bad 20 strike laws I think are a reasonable compromise
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My newest article Go Quietly or Else: The Failed Resurrection of Spiro Agnew. How Richard Nixon's first Vice President memoirs attempted to vindicate his reputation forced him into irrelevance.
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open.substack.com/pub/grail/…
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Player 0
@Player0129876
Jun 10
Trump flips a coin every morning to decide if he's going to be HW Bush or Jimmy Carter for the day
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My man attempted to build a tennis court on his farm to spend more time with her
Lauryn
@laurynflint
Jun 11
Bro was devoted to her since first grade, it's so sweet
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Jester Jules The Absurd@c_spanjunkie
Jun 11
Happy Larry Craig scandal anniversary to you all
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Mariam ☧@Gaismair
Mar 12
Democrats to Japan 40 years ago:
Polling USA
@USA_Polling
Mar 12
Favorability Of Japan: Democrats: 92% Independents: 87% Republicans: 76% Gallup / Feb 16, 2026
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FlaminGingerbread@SwagPogGamer
Jun 10
people will tell you absolutely vile shit their parents did so casually and leave you feeling like an asshole cuz you were annoyed at your mum for interrupting an episode of your show
Akira
@Akir_a997
Jun 9
I didn’t realize how good my parents raised me until I got around other people
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L🇬🇧as Ohl@lukas_ohl
Jun 9
Tech companies: “Our clever cryptographers have found a way to preserve privacy and 100% anonymity while also performing age checks.” UK govt: “No, that’s not what we wanted!”
Mary Harrington
@moveincircles
Jun 9
They say: "protecting children from social media" They mean: "anonymous users will be presumed underage and banned from speaking freely"
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gnomercy@guhnomercy
Jun 9
republicans consider abortion (which they want you to believe they think is murder) more morally acceptable than the act of transitioning
InteractivePolls
@IAPolls2022
Jun 9
GALLUP: Partisans’ Views on Moral Acceptability (% who say “morally acceptable” Abortion 🔵 Dems: 73% 🔴 Reps: 18% — Changing ones gender 🔵 Dems: 60% 🔴 Reps: 5% — Gay or lesbian relations 🔵 Dems: 81% 🔴 Reps: 35% (was 56% in 2022) — Doctor-assisted suicide 🔵 Dems: 68% 🔴 Reps: 30% — Sex Between teenagers 🔵 Dems: 54% 🔴 Reps: 16% — Sex between an unmarried man and woman 🔵 Dems: 83% 🔴 Reps: 46% — Pornography 🔵 Dems: 47% 🔴 Reps: 19%
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Political Polls
@PpollingNumbers
Jun 8
News - Ken Paxton's former impeachment defense lawyer has endorsed James Talarico, saying Paxton "has lost sight of his core mission."
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Ronnypower@SivRonny
Jun 8
Nah let's have a conversation about the fact that kamoshida aged horrifying well these last few years when you take real world events into account
Oziach@RevivedOziach
Jun 7
Persona 5 is the most horrifying of them all because it has Kamoshida
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Phil 🇺🇸🇺🇦🐘
@Philzer7
Jun 7
Who remembers this image with Rob Portman being a chad with the ladies?
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dale tanhardt
@daletanhardt
Jun 7
PFT Commenter
@PFTCommenter
Jun 6
USA vs Germany on June 6. A Tradition unlike any other
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❀ Anya ❀ prestwt fujo@prezzielover
Jun 6
This is nasty hello
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Arthur Schlesinger after Humphrey passing described him as “vulnerable, insecure and, at critical moments, fatally weak”. Arthur never forgave him for Vietnam
Mariam ☧@Gaismair
Jun 6
Everything you see about Hubert Humphrey is just him being ruthlessly cucked by everyone & he somehow turned that into almost winning
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Jarvis
@jarvis_best
Jun 6
Haaaaaaaaahahahaha
George Washington 🇺🇸@YN_Washington
Jun 5
They put the skyline on the cover and the entirety of Chicago got hit with the worst Madden curse of all time
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